There’s History, then there’s HERstory.
What
happened to the sacred feminine perspective? History has been recorded by men (or if by the rare feminine hand under a masculine penname) for the written word is power and men fear to give it up. Historians provide a rough framework, a timeline of political events highlighting the wars over land, the uprising of kings, a record of mankind—HISstory.
But where’s HERstory? The passionate details of ancient life, the chalice which held the blood of the people? Where are the women and children, the celebrations of life? The hard metal tools man made survived, yet the softness of women eroded with time.
Board certified nurse practitioner and intuitive healer, Deborah Maragopoulos FNP reveals HERstory in LoveDance: Awakening the Divine Daughter.
“Women have kept alive HERstory through song and dance. Watch the delicate movements of the bellydancer’s hands, she is telling a story only her sisters recognize. The sacred feminine is not lost, nor is she forgotten. She has been veiled by history,” said Deborah.
Using sensual story telling, Deborah teaches the same lessons in her book that has inspired bio-psycho-spiritual healing of thousands of her patients.
LoveDance: Awakening the Divine Daughter is the inspirational tale of Mary Magdalen.
As the sensual embodiment of the Divine Daughter, Mary struggles within a restrictive patriarchal society to be her truth. Her beloved husband, Yeshua, believes he is the Hebrew Messiah which is challenging at best. Who knows a great man better than his wife and Mary has much to share with the readers. While Yeshua wishes to teach peace and love, the tribes want a warrior king like David to free them from the Roman oppression and his chosen council of twelve cannot accept an unveiled woman as the mother of the Holy Bloodline. Just as we today try to answer the existential questions of who we are, why we are here, where we are going, what is our purpose, and when is the time ripe, Mary’s journey unveils her Divine Truth through very human relationships.
Other novels about this controversial woman mimic history, presenting Mary Magdalen as a red-headed prostitute possessed by demons tagging behind Jesus like a groupie. Some explore an alternate history, yet with the distance of past tense, third person, the story is reported not experienced.
Using first person present tense narration, LoveDance: Awakening the Divine Daughter portrays dark, and beautiful Mary Magdalen as the beloved wife of Yeshua—his essential partner and soul mate. True love is a journey with the potential to realize our own divinity in the eyes of our beloved. So often we are told how to be happy, how to heal, how to become enlightened. LoveDance allows the reader to experience Mary and Yeshua’s relationship. Through their trials and tribulations, through their soul searching and ultimate awakening, the reader grows, further on her own soul path. A gifted healer, a wise mother, a powerful leader, yet very human in her passions and vulnerability, Mary is the lost Sacred Feminine that women and men yearn for today.
Actress Kathryn Ross described LoveDance as “a lovely and timely book… Mary''s story is a parable for all of us. It''s time to get back in balance. Amazing that even 2000 plus years ago we were swayed or coerced into certain beliefs by politics and male dominated religion. Not too different from the present.”
Once lost in history, be it political or religious or the denial of the sacred feminine, Mary Magdalen’s voice may now be heard. The time is ripe for the world to receive her sacred union and heal the separation of the feminine and masculine aspects of the Divine in each of us. The gracious rendering of this very passionate woman’s story will change human consciousness, just as her husband’s story did 2000 years ago.
LoveDance is HERstory.